I love Bounce. I think the Coupe Decale connect is a very good one to make, as well as to all the other styles that rely on rythmic flow created by a minimal set of electronic instruments. No border between this sort of stuff.
I started out at the obscurist end, falling for DJ Jubilee off some radio show and then going straight for a Take Fo' compilation. I'm just recently discovering the Cash Money stuff and wish I'd paid more attention at the time!

I've never been to New Orleans, and most of what I know about the city is from popular culture, news reports, and documentaries. I'm due for a trip, but I'm also excited for David Simon's new show Treme to give me more insight into what may be one of the US' least understood (from the outsi...

Very nice article, with a lot of angles covered.
One interesting possibility would be letting people pick the sound themselves, as a self-expressive capitalist thing. How many would go quiet, pick a traditional car sound, pick music, perhaps ambient music?

An article in The Economist suggests that electric cars should generate a noise to compensate for the loss of combustion engine noise, as they are so quiet. Despite noting there is little research (thought I’ll note some later), The Economist says “Some drivers say that when their cars are in...

Couldn't wait till Friday to share these influenza porcina-themed songs. The disease, panic and conspiracy theories are spreading quick as a sneeze, and so are related songs. God bless Mexicans' dark humor. The video for "la cumbia de la influenza" by DF's Agrupación Cariño came out last Friday....